Amores

Ovid

Ovid. Ovid's Art of Love (in three Books), the Remedy of Love, the Art of Beauty, the Court of Love, the History of Love, and Amours. Dryden, John, et al., translator. New York: Calvin Blanchard, 1855.

  1. Around your heads shall flaming torches fly,
  2. And Jove the house shall burn, as well as I.
  3. Night, love, and wine encourage and inflame:
  4. These triumph over fear, and that o'er shame.
  5. All ways I've tried, but all successless prove,
  6. Nor threats can fright thee, nor entreaties move;
  7. Deaf to my pray'rs as to my tears thou'rt blind,
  8. Thy gate is less obdurate than thy mind.